[PATCH net-next 0/4] ipv6: remove addrconf reliance on loopback

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/4] ipv6: remove addrconf reliance on loopback
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:42:27 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220210214231.2420942-1-eric.dumazet@gmail.com> (raw)

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Second patch in this series removes IPv6 requirement about the netns
loopback device being the last device being dismantled.

This was needed because rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev()
and ip6_dst_ifdown() had to switch dst dev to a known
device (loopback).

Instead of loopback, we can use the (hidden) blackhole_netdev
which is also always there.

This will allow future simplfications of netdev_run_to()
and other parts of the stack like default_device_exit_batch().

Last two patches are optimizations for both IP families.

Eric Dumazet (4):
  ipv6: get rid of net->ipv6.rt6_stats->fib_rt_uncache
  ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev
  ipv6: add (struct uncached_list)->quarantine list
  ipv4: add (struct uncached_list)->quarantine list

 include/net/ip6_fib.h   |  3 +-
 net/ipv4/route.c        | 12 +++++--
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c     | 78 +++++++++++++++++------------------------
 net/ipv6/route.c        | 42 +++++++++++-----------
 net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c |  1 -
 5 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

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